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This was the old Watling or Gathelin Street : it led from 

 London to Dover, and was much travelled on by those who 

 were going to embark for the Imperial city. The making 

 of the road broke up the quiet of the forest, through an 

 extent of which it had to pass; nothing was heard but the 

 crashing of noble trees, and the rattling of cars, heavily 

 laden with stone and lime ; it was carried within sight of 

 the old trees, and, having crossed what is now the Oxford 

 road, at Cumberland-gate, it ran to the west of Westmin- 

 ster, over the river Thames, and onward into Kent. This 

 was its broad outline, and the country through which it 

 lay had been reclaimed either from the forest or the 

 river. It was exceedingly frequented, and carriages of all 

 descriptions continually passed and repassed, either in 

 going to, or else returning from the city. 



Londinium was next surrounded with a wall, and a 

 considerable extent of forest-land was cleared for the pur- 

 pose of being enclosed within its ample range. It was 

 said that the mother of Constantine, who liked much to 

 reside in the rising city, greatly favoured this great work, 

 and that she urged her son to promote the grandeur and 

 security of the place. The wall encompassed the city 

 from right to left. It began at the fort, which occupied 

 a portion of what is now the Tower, and made a circuit of 

 nearly two miles, and one furlong. Another wall, strongly 

 defended with towers and bastions, extended along the 

 banks of the river, to the distance of one mile, and one 

 hundred and twenty yards.. The height of the wall was 



